Immigration

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Your Brain on the Border

NewsTaco April 9, 2015

By Michelle Garcia, Texas Observer For insights into the thinking behind the Texas Legislature’s proposed border policy—which amounts to more boots, guns and money—we look to the science of the […]

Federal judge refuses to lift injunction on Obama’s immigration order

NewsTaco April 8, 2015

Immigration Fluency in the GOP Primary Field

NewsTaco April 7, 2015

Texas House apparently headed in different direction on illegal immigration issue

NewsTaco April 6, 2015

*On the surface, this is so unlike Texas. A Republican state legislator filed a bill to give driving permits to undocumented workers? While the Texas Senate talks about tightening the laws […]

Immigration executive action lawsuit appeal put on the fast track

NewsTaco March 26, 2015

*A significant step in the legal process. It means  a number of things: the people affected by the president’s executive action, who are stuck in a legal limbo, won’t be […]

Could Sheriff Joe Arpaio End Up Wearing Pink Underwear In His Own Jail?

NewsTaco March 25, 2015

*A little “inside baseball” in the Joe Arpaio contempt story. At first Sherriff Joe refused to admitt that he and his Sheriff’s department actively engaged in profiling. Last week he […]

Debunking the Myth of the Job-Stealing Immigrant

NewsTaco March 24, 2015

*A very reasoned argument in favor of open borders. It demolishes the idea of the anti-immigration, zero-sum economy myth. Immigration expands the economy, and creates more jobs and more wealth. […]